The former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Sani Yerima has married a 13 year old Egyptian girl for whom he paid her family $100,000. The “marriage” is being discussed in the news but no charges of rape and forced marriage are [...]
On Monday, 1st March, a group of activists and civil society organisations in Uganda presented a petition signed by 450,000 people from across the world opposing the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The Petition was presented to Edward Sekandi, the Ugandan Speaker of [...]
I’m writing this post in response to number of articles on the prevalence of homophobia in Africa and to try and give some perspective and historical context. In the last six months we have seen the expression of [...]
This is a problem, and not just a Ugandan problem.
In the BusinessDay of October 27, 2009 The most popular way of looking at China in Africa is through the dual lenses of international relations and international trade. One main argument that comes out of this is that, the way [...]
Uduak, of the Nollyarts blog and co-producer of the child witches’ documentary – Edikan – shares her thoughts on the coverage of the Akwa Ibom Child witch phenomenon in the Nigerian blogosphere. Say you’re one of them is a collection [...]
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